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Research in the Muralidharan lab is aimed at understanding the biology of Plasmodium, the deadly human parasite that causes malaria. It is a disease that afflicts nearly 500 million people and causes almost a million deaths each year. Our goal is to uncover the molecular mechanisms that drive the parasitic life cycle of Plasmodium. The aim of this research is to leverage our knowledge of parasite biology towards development of intervention strategies that disrupt the disease process. We deploy a wide variety of tools to study the parasite including cellular biology, chemical biology, molecular biology and biochemistry. Our lab is located in the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases at the Paul D. Coverdell Center.

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Heather Bishop does it again!

Heather was selected for the CTEGD T32 fellowship. Congratulations! Yet again her hard work paid off and it makes us look good!